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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:#333333">Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SignMorph) – Department of English Language and Linguistics (School of English Drama and Creative Studies), University of Birmingham, UK - 96121 - Grade 7</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#777777"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#777777">-</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#777777"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#777777">(2000027C)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#777777"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#777777"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Position Details</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">English, Drama and Creative Studies in the College of Arts and Law</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grade 7 </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fixed term for 5 years - Anticipated start date: January 2021</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Full time</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Closing date: August 27, 2020</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Background</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Department of English Language and Linguistics seeks to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on the ERC-funded project
‘The dynamics of sign language grammar: Morphology, language change, iconicity and social structure in signing communities’ (or ‘SignMorph’) led by Dr Adam Schembri. SignMorph will focus on key aspects of sign language morphology in <b>(1)</b> established
macro-community sign languages, <b>(2)</b> established micro-community sign languages, and <b>(3)</b> emerging sign languages. SignMorph aims to better understand similarities and differences in the grammar of sign languages, and how these are shaped by language-internal
and language-external factors. The factors to be investigated in the study include <b>(1)</b> the role of iconicity in mapping grammatical meanings onto form, <b>(2)</b> the relatively recent emergence of sign languages, and how their short history has impacted
on the processes which create grammatical structure, and <b>(3)</b> the sociolinguistic structure of signing communities,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Main responsibilities</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Design research activities to meet the objectives of the SignMorph project</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation and research interviews</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Analyse and interpret sign language data</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Supervise students and research assistants on research related work</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Undertake management/administration arising from research</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contribute to public engagement activities, often under supervision of a project leader</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Skills and Experience</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The research fellow will have (or be near completing) a PhD in linguistics or psychology (or related fields)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High level research skills, high level skills in British Sign Language (or another sign language) as well as a demonstrated ability to work independently </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience in range of different approaches to the study of sign languages is welcome (including sign language documentation, typology, corpora, sociolinguistics, ethnography, and/or experimental
studies) </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High level analytical capability</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ability to communicate complex information clearly</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.2pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.2pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For further information, please contact Adam Schembri (a.schembri@bham.ac.uk)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Apply here: https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2000027C&lang=en#.Xxan7P3hcr0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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